Custom Campaign Question
Posted: 2009-09-18 11:37:33
Hello,
my name is Snapper and I'm flying the viper in AF for a couple of years now. I'm a member of the 1st Virtuel Fighter Wing. Yesterday I read a "HowTo" about customizing campaigns with the mission editor at our forum. The HowTo says that you can simply do that by renaming the save2.cam to save2.tac.
When I do so I can add or delete squadrons in the korea or balkan theaters. But if I want to do so with a ODS theater the map in the mission editor is empty. There are no cities, no airports and so on.
I simply want to add one or two F16 squadrons to another airport. How can I do that within ODS campaign? I'm currently useing ODS100 with Allied Forces.
Here is the HowTo:
The complete procedure:
1. Backup the saveX.cam you want to edit.
2. Rename saveX.cam to saveX.tac
3. Fire up FalconAF.exe and open the saveX.tac in the TE editor.(Don't click on the CAMPAIGN button on the main UI or the game will CTD)
4. Make whatever changes (add/eleiminate units/squadrons) you want with the TE editor. But remember, you have to do all the editing in the TE Editor in ONE STEP, i.e., don't save the file and then try to come back to it later to edit more.
5. Save the tac file and exit the game.
6. Rename SaveX.tac to SaveX.cam
7. Start the corresponding new campaign.( if u changed the save0.cam then start rolling fire; if save1.cam then : iron fortress; if save2.cam then tiger spirit)
8. Set the priorities. DON'T CLICK THE START CAMPAIGN BUTTON.
Just exit and there will be an AUTO SAVE. CAM file. (Or manually save it at 09 00 00, and there will be also a SAVE-DAY 1 09 00 00.CAM file, it's the same).
9. Replace the edited saveX.cam with the original one. Overwrite it.
10. Re-enter the campaign from the CAMPAIGN SAVED FILE ( i.e. AUTO SAVE. CAM or SAVE-DAY 1 09 00 00.CAM that have just been created in step 8) NOT STARTING A NEW ONE.
Done.
Greetings
Snapper
my name is Snapper and I'm flying the viper in AF for a couple of years now. I'm a member of the 1st Virtuel Fighter Wing. Yesterday I read a "HowTo" about customizing campaigns with the mission editor at our forum. The HowTo says that you can simply do that by renaming the save2.cam to save2.tac.
When I do so I can add or delete squadrons in the korea or balkan theaters. But if I want to do so with a ODS theater the map in the mission editor is empty. There are no cities, no airports and so on.
I simply want to add one or two F16 squadrons to another airport. How can I do that within ODS campaign? I'm currently useing ODS100 with Allied Forces.
Here is the HowTo:
The complete procedure:
1. Backup the saveX.cam you want to edit.
2. Rename saveX.cam to saveX.tac
3. Fire up FalconAF.exe and open the saveX.tac in the TE editor.(Don't click on the CAMPAIGN button on the main UI or the game will CTD)
4. Make whatever changes (add/eleiminate units/squadrons) you want with the TE editor. But remember, you have to do all the editing in the TE Editor in ONE STEP, i.e., don't save the file and then try to come back to it later to edit more.
5. Save the tac file and exit the game.
6. Rename SaveX.tac to SaveX.cam
7. Start the corresponding new campaign.( if u changed the save0.cam then start rolling fire; if save1.cam then : iron fortress; if save2.cam then tiger spirit)
8. Set the priorities. DON'T CLICK THE START CAMPAIGN BUTTON.
Just exit and there will be an AUTO SAVE. CAM file. (Or manually save it at 09 00 00, and there will be also a SAVE-DAY 1 09 00 00.CAM file, it's the same).
9. Replace the edited saveX.cam with the original one. Overwrite it.
10. Re-enter the campaign from the CAMPAIGN SAVED FILE ( i.e. AUTO SAVE. CAM or SAVE-DAY 1 09 00 00.CAM that have just been created in step 8) NOT STARTING A NEW ONE.
Done.
Greetings
Snapper